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State's deadliest jail: Buncombe has worst death rate, Citizen Times investigation shows (2024)

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Joel Burgess|Asheville Citizen Times

ASHEVILLE - Hannah Guffey was in despair.

Accused of a fatal hit-and-run of a bicyclist while driving under the influence, the 25-year-old Brevard resident was arrested on felony charges and jailed in theBuncombe County Detention Facility in downtown Asheville.

Nine days later, on July 28, 2020,she died after hanging herself with a bedsheet, a death certificate said. She left behind her parents, afiancéand their 3-year-old daughter.

A day later, Buncombe jail detainee Jacob Biddix, 26, died after being found on the floor of his cell.